Ok I did it. My theme has yet to appear in the themes directory though so I don't know if that was pointless or not. I'm waiting for this to be approved: http://philipdahl.com/deepseawhale.xml. I don't see anything wrong with it so far. If you could help me Rob and let me know if it's still in the waiting list, that would be greatly appreciated. I was recently hit by a car on my bicycle so my responses may come slower but I am still very interested in having my theme up. I have created a dynamic element for time. hope you like it.
-Phil On Jun 10, 9:05 pm, Rob Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Phil, > Resubmitting will most likely go through the entire approval process again. > > On the other hand, when a gadget moves to a new address, we have the option > of creating an alias for it. This means users who have the old gadget will > see the new gadget instead. > > We've had some success doing this with themes as well. Once your theme is > approved, if you move it to different hosting you can try submitting a > gadget alias request form > athttps://spreadsheets.google.com/a/google.com/viewform?formkey=cEhGZVV.... > Put in bogus values for the "secret" fields (since they don't apply to > a > theme) and I can verify it manually. I'm not sure it'd end up being faster > than a second review process, but it could be. > > Rob Russell > Google Developer Relations > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 5:47 AM, Philip Dahl <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dave you and I seem to be constantly in the same boat here. > > > I've been waiting for at least three weeks on my submission to google > > for my theme. I don't know if this is the right place to do this but > > I'm dying to get my theme approved to let up the amount of bandwidth > > I'm using on my servers since I am hosting my theme. A lot of my > > friends seem to be using it. > >http://www.google.com/ig?skin=http://philipdahl.com/deepseawhale.xml > > . > > > Dave, A fast turn around would be great. It would appear that themes > > submitted through the google site that builds your theme for you are > > quick to appear in the directory. I'm sure Google is working on this > > issue. > > > Also, I had the same theme hosted on googlecode that I sent in however > > updating on googlecode is sort of hard (since I don't know mercurial > > yet). If it's the same theme with a different url is that going to be > > an issue if I submitted both? I want to be able to update my themes so > > I'm using my server to host my theme because I find that it's easier > > to update. > > > Any help by Google would be appreciated . > > > -Phil > > On May 6, 5:02 am, BlueQuoll <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks, Rob :o) > > > > On May 6, 9:36 am, Rob Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Dave, > > > > I know it looks very mysterious but we are looking at ways to improve > > the > > > > process and improve the experience for themers. There are several very > > > > different factors that we have to look at still though. Soon as I have > > more > > > > details... > > > > > Rob Russell > > > > Google Developer Relations > > > > > On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 3:13 PM, BlueQuoll <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I re-submitted the theme yesterday with no changes and it's in the > > > > >directorytoday! > > > > > > Now was that the first submission finally being approved, or the > > > > > second submission approved in record time? > > > > > > I'll never know. > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > On Apr 30, 10:25 pm, nicky <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I agree it would be good to know progress. It would be useful > > perhaps > > > > > > ifthemescould be added to the iGoogle Dashboard and monitored in a > > > > > > similar way as gadgets. > > > > > > > On Apr 30, 2:38 am, BlueQuoll <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > The Google policy of not providing feedback to a theme developer > > > > > > > regarding the progress of their theme submission can be very > > > > > > > frustrating. > > > > > > > > Unpredictable lead times often leave the developer in limbo, > > wondering > > > > > > > whether the reason for their theme's non-appearance in the theme > > > > > > >directoryis due to > > > > > > > • long lead time > > > > > > > • policy-based rejection > > > > > > > • code-based rejection > > > > > > > • fallen through the cracks > > > > > > > > While I understand it's not practical to provide a mechanism to > > allow > > > > > > > tracking of every theme submission, it would greatly assist if > > > > > > > developers could at least be notified of rejections, so they know > > > > > > > • they can stop waiting for the theme to appear > > > > > > > • they can rectify the problem and re-submit > > > > > > > > Just letting a developer wait interminably seems not to be a very > > user- > > > > > > > friendly way to go! I got into the habit of re-submitting any of > > my > > > > > > > slow-to-appearthemesafter a couple of weeks. I still don't know > > > > > > > whether the repeated re-submission helped, but allthemesexcept my > > > > > > > latest eventually appeared in the themedirectory. > > > > > > > > My latest theme submission (successful according to the > > submission > > > > > > > messages) was a couple of weeks ago. It would be good to know > > whether > > > > > > > it has been rejected and might need modification before I > > re-submit > > > > > > > it:http://users.on.net/~dvcox/gadgets/ozscapes01.xml<http://users.on.net/%7Edvcox/gadgets/ozscapes01.xml> > > <http://users.on.net/%7Edvcox/gadgets/ozscapes01.xml> > > > > > > > > Although, with the test URL broken I can't check any > > modifications I > > > > > > > might make, so the exercise is a bit pointless at the moment! > > > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > Google > > > > > Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. > > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > [email protected]<google-gadgets-api%[email protected]> > > <google-gadgets-api%[email protected]<google-gadgets-api%[email protected]> > > > > > > . > > > > > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > > > > groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en. > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > > > > "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > > > > . > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > [email protected]<google-gadgets-api%[email protected]> > > <google-gadgets-api%[email protected]<google-gadgets-api%[email protected]> > > > > > > . > > > > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > > > > groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > > > > "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > [email protected]<google-gadgets-api%[email protected]> > > <google-gadgets-api%[email protected]<google-gadgets-api%[email protected]> > > > > > > . > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<google-gadgets-api%[email protected]> > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en. > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > . > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<google-gadgets-api%[email protected]> > > . > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<google-gadgets-api%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. 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